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Stable suspension for Vi-agglutination tests
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
|July 7, 2010
Abstract:
Two methods of preparing a stable suspension for Vi-agglutination tests are discussed. Both maintain Vi-agglutinability and O-inagglutinability after storage at 37 degrees C for 6 months, and the second also maintains the Vi-capsule-staining property. The first method involves the addition of 0.5% CaCl(2) to a heavy saline Vi-suspension, while in the second a similar suspension is treated with an 0.2% solution of chrome alum.

